Driver Assisting by Inverse Time to Collision

Valentina Emilia Bălaş, Marius M. Bǎlaş

2006 · 69 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

The paper is proposing a specific indicator, the inverse time to collision TTC <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> , useful when analyzing the highway traffic. The advantage of TTC <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> vs. TTC is a direct and continuous dependence with the collision risk. TTC <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> could be used as an input in car following algorithms. Because the automate driving is yet in a research stage, a feasible application for TTC <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> would be rather assisting the driver of the following car at the choice of the distance gap towards the first car.

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